Mindbody can help you manage your school. Spark is built to help you grow it. With martial-arts-specific automation, lead follow-up, websites, billing, rank management, and owner-focused support in one platform.
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“I’ve been using Spark now for over 4 years and in that time it’s transformed our business. Income has more than quadrupled and members doubled with Spark taking the strain of much of the repetitive admin tasks and freeing up staff and managers for the $100 and $1,000 tasks rather than the $10 ones. Great automations to nurture our leads & students, saves us hours.
“Spark has been a game-changer for my martial arts business. It more than pays for itself by helping manage prospects, increase new business, improve retention, and streamline processes like mass rank promotions — something that used to take me hours and now takes the push of a button. It saves me the cost of at least one employee, and I wouldn’t be without it.”
“Spark has changed our lives. Since we started, we’ve grown our business more than we thought possible. With billing, attendance, and checkout all streamlined —plus Marketing — we’re able to focus on growing the business instead of working in it. The software does the work of a full time employee with better consistency for a fraction of the cost!”
Switching shouldn’t slow your school down. Spark helps transfer your data quickly, securely, and at no extra cost.
Spark is an all-in-one, purpose-built system for martial art schools to help manage students, leads, payments, staff, communication, and retention in one platform.
Simple to use dashboard without the overwhelm of the technical details involved. 1 on 1 software training available for free, anytime.
| Feature | Mindbody | Spark Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Built for Martial Arts Schools | Limited — built for general wellness, fitness, salons, spas, and appointment-based businesses | ✓ Built specifically for martial arts schools, academies, dojos, and studios |
| All-in-One School Growth System | Limited — more focused on booking, scheduling, payments, and general business management | ✓ Combines operations, marketing, automation, communication, payments, retention, and growth tools in one platform |
| Lead Follow-Up & Nurturing | Basic — may require more manual follow-up, outside tools, or additional setup | ✓ Built-in lead nurturing, automated follow-up, trial reminders, and prospect communication |
| Marketing Automation | Not a core fit — marketing tools are broad and not built around martial arts enrollment workflows | ✓ Automated campaigns for leads, trials, members, families, events, renewals, and reactivation |
| Student Retention Tools | Limited — more focused on appointments and attendance than proactive student retention | ✓ Retention-focused workflows, student notes, reminders, communication, attendance tracking, and follow-up tools |
| Belt & Rank Progression | Not a core fit — general fitness and wellness software does not replace a martial-arts-specific system for ranks, testing, milestones, and student progression | ✓ Purpose-built for martial arts schools with rank progression, testing, student milestones, history, engagement, and retention tools |
| Staff Management & Accountability | Basic — supports general staff scheduling, but may not fit deeper martial arts school workflows | ✓ Staff scheduling, task management, team accountability, and visibility across your school |
| Automated Communication | Limited — often built around general reminders, bookings, and appointments | ✓ Email, SMS, reminders, parent updates, student communication, and automated messaging built in |
| Payments & Membership Billing | Basic — handles payments, but lacks the deeper automation and martial arts school-growth workflows schools need | ✓ Billing, payments, failed-payment follow-up, membership automation, reminders, and communication all connected to your school operations |
| Data Migration & Setup | Varies depending on plan, setup, and support level | ✓ Free data migration and guided setup to make switching easier |
| Best Fit | General wellness, fitness, salon, spa, and appointment-based businesses that need broad scheduling and payment tools | Martial arts schools that want a better alternative for growth, automation, retention, marketing, billing, rank progression, and daily operations |
In one place, Spark makes it easy to manage all aspects of your business. Giving you real-time updates with no hassles. Easily access built-in reports, lead status and automate business communications — without losing a personal touch.
Focus on your core business and let the software handle repetitive daily tasks for faster business growth.
You don’t need an extra budget to hire a marketing specialist. Marketing campaigns are easily set up and managed with Spark.
No more wasted efforts and let Spark give you automated campaigns
Spark offers efficient employee management tool with time tracking and scheduling features.
It also allows you to assign tasks and monitor progress from a single interface, giving you unparalleled visibility into your staff activities.
Take your school with you via mobile apps or tablets. Available on the Apple Store for iPhones and Google Playstore for android phones and tablets.
Glitchy systems can drive even your most loyal members down the street to your competitors.
Spark simplifies life for your members with online bookings,
membership payments and automated reminders.
Build better relationships with your members,
pack out classes and reduce churn.